Season 7, Episode 10: Readers In The Wild + Authors We Would Mourn Over

On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:

Bookish Moments: being the bookish person at work and discussing books in grocery stores

Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we’ve been reading lately

Deep Dive: authors we would take a day off to mourn over

The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives

Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site)

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1:24 - Ad For Ourselves

1:28 - Currently Reading Patreon

1:59 - The Novel Neighbor

4:08 - Our Bookish Moments of the Week

4:38 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

4:44 - Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

6:50 - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

8:14 - Our Current Reads

8:29 - Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (Meredith)

8:33 - CR Season 6: Episode 48

10:19 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

14:19 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly (Kaytee)

14:25 - A Room of One’s Own bookshop

17:12 - Interesting Facts about Space by Emily Austin

17:16 - An Unlikely Story

17:41 - Stiletto by Daniel O’Malley (Meredith)

17:52 - The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

24:57 - Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (Kaytee)

28:15 - Little Cruelties by Liz Nugent (Meredith)

29:47 - Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

33:08 - River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Kaytee)

36:58 - Authors We Would Mourn Over

46:03 - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

50:00 - Meet Us At The Fountain

50:09 - I wish I could sometimes read like my husband does. (Meredith)

51:33 - Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

53:36 - I wish to press This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (Kaytee)

53:37 - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

53:57 - Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly

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